Data Scientist - Senior Consultant
Campion Pickworth are working with a leading international professional services firm to recruit a Data Scientist – Senior Consultant to support the delivery of innovative analytics and machine learning solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a diverse range of high-impact data science projects, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and joining a highly skilled team. You'll contribute to shaping data capabilities and delivering meaningful insights that underpin business-critical decisions.
What You'll Do
- Develop and deploy advanced analytics, data science, and machine learning solutions across a variety of use cases.
- Use technologies such as Python, R, Azure, Databricks, SQL, Power BI, and Tableau to extract actionable insights from complex datasets.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable data science workflows and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into effective analytical solutions.
- Support multiple projects from exploration through to deployment within cloud-based environments.
- Maintain high standards of code quality, documentation, and testing within a DevOps-oriented workflow.
- Apply strong knowledge of ML techniques, from supervised/unsupervised learning through to emerging methods in generative AI and large language models.
What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience solving complex, real-world problems using data science and analytics.
- Strong Python skills (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn) with a solid grounding in probability and statistics.
- Deep understanding of machine learning methods and their practical application.
- Experience delivering multiple end-to-end data science projects across varied data types and business domains.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as Git.
- Cloud experience (e.g., Azure, AWS) and working with ML platforms and services.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to align analytical outputs with broader business objectives.
Desirable Skills
- Experience using R and NLP or deep learning techniques (e.g., TF-IDF, word embeddings, CNNs, RNNs).
- Familiarity with generative AI and prompt engineering.
- Experience with Azure Databricks, MLflow, Azure ML services, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Exposure to Agile development environments and software engineering best practices.
- Experience working in large, complex organisations or regulated industries.
- Strong working knowledge of Excel, SQL, Power BI, and Tableau.